2016 Aprilia MotoGP

The new project 2016 Aprilia MotoGP ™ completed its first test in the real in Qatar. Aprilia Racing Team Gresini spent three days exploring all-new machine RS-GP, developed in the Noale factory upcoming 2016 season. Even the beginning of the project, there is much optimism within the Aprilia that the new invention, with the data gathered from 2015, you will see the Aprilia closer to the front. Alvaro Bautista and Stefan Bradl have begun the work of developing and testing a brand new example of a promising start shown, despite the room for improvement.

There was one place the key focus during the three days: the new 2016 Aprilia RS-GP shares nothing old model and therefore required a completely new team. This new 2016 Aprilia MotoGP developed information and data gained during the 2015 season and during the test Sepang when a motorcycle lab running the latest software and tires. The Aprilia RS-GP will be on track in Qatar just a few days time the official final test, just before the first race of the season.

Romano Albesiano, Aprilia Racing Manager: "After Aragon Shakedown test riders, Alvaro and Stefan began to get to know the new Aprilia RS-GP 2016 here in Qatar. These were three great and good work. We bring home more information and there are some problems growing need pain solve, but above all we leaving to ensure that the performance of the new bike's dynamic much better than the 2015 bike. We are an important development in front of us that will be really accelerated, but we are confident that this will be a season of growth and the level of decidedly interesting. "

Aprilia Motogp Bike 2016

Fausto Gresini, Team Manager: "Hearing positive comments from our riders after the first kilometers sat astride a completely new bike was fun. The 2016 Aprilia MotoGP seems to have gotten off on the right foot. Alvaro and Stefan noticed a clear improvement of dynamic performance when compared to 2015 the bike. Now we have a large development program in front of us but we know that as of a solid base in the extreme. "

2016 Aprilia Motogp

Alvaro Bautista: "In these three days we tested a new bike, a lot of work to do with the sessions short since this was the first real test with the 2016 RS GP. Obviously we are not at 100% but we have a very good starting point. I think that we are already on the same level as at the end of 2015 the difference is that we are just at the beginning. There is a lot of room and development with the old bike we were when the limit. We still have to work a lot of things but I'm pleased with the work Aprilia has done. I hope the next test to be able to lay the foundations for the new season. "

2016 Aprilia Motogp Bike

Stefan Bradl: "This test was really important as it was the first contact with the new bike. First impressions are good. I can see a clear difference compared to the old bike and we are moving in the right direction. At the moment I feel good despite the fact that we have a long way to go before we can say that we're satisfied . That was to be expected in the beginning. This is a completely new project and determines the difficulty, but we can not really say off on the right foot. "

2016 Aprilia Motogp Race